Part One: Chronicle of the Terry Family
1. From the Mayflower to Market Street: The Terry Family Saga, 1613–1864
2. In Old San Francisco: The Terry Family Saga, 1864–1887
Part Two: The Young Life and Early Animation Career of Paul Terry
3. Birth of an Animation Pioneer: The Childhood and Young Life of Paul Terry, 1887–1902
4. Explorations in Photography: Paul Terry's Start in the San Francisco Newspaper Industry, 1902–1906
5. The Tremor that Shook the World: The San Francisco Earthquake, April 18, 1906
6. A Tour of the West: The Anaconda Standard, Portland Oregonian, Evening Standard and Return to the Bay City, 1906–1911
7. The Move to Metropolis: Barron Collier, Park Row and the Winsor McCay Dinner, 1911–1914
8. A Spark Ignites: Little Herman and the Beginnings of a New Career in Animation, 1914–1915
9. Animated Antics: Cartoon Burlesques, Phrenology, and Paul Terry's Early Adventures in the Cartoon World, 1915–1917
10. You're in the Army Now: George Washington University, the Spanish Influenza Epidemic, and Work for Paramount Pictures, 1917–1920
11. A Barnyard of Animal Friends: Farmer Al Falfa and Fables Pictures Studios, Part One, 1921–1925; 12. A Decade of Drawing Mice: Fables Pictures Studio, Part Two, 1925–1929
Part Three: Terrytoons: The Story of a Classic Cartoon Studio
13. Sweat Equity is the Best Start-up Capital: The Founding and Early Development of the Terry-Toons Studio, 1929–1932
14. Enduring Adversity: The Early Struggles at the Studio, 1932–1935
15. A Rising Storm and a Studio in Distress: The Search to Improve the Entertainment Value of the Cartoon Product, 1935–1936
16. Cartoons Go to Court: A House Divided, the Moser-Terry Trial, and Terry Takes Control, 1936–1938
17. A Studio Transformed: Gandy Goose, Dinky Duck and New Directions for Terrytoons, 1938–1942
18. Here I Come To Save The Day!: The Mouse that Saved a Cartoon Studio, 1942–1945
19. Those Magnificent Mischievous Magpies: Heckle and Jeckle and the Terrytoons Labor Strike, 1946–1947
20. Rounding Out the Cast: Little Roquefort, The Terry Bears and the Glory Years of Terrytoons, 1948–1951
21. Relinquishing the Reins: The New Challenge of Television, the Sale of Terrytoons to CBS, and the Retirement of Paul Terry,1952–1956
22. Paul Terry's Cartoon Legacy: A Comparative Analysis of Golden Age Animation
Part Four: Terrytoons: Life after the Retirement of Paul Terry
23. A Studio in Transition: The Gene Deitch Years and the Animation Renaissance, 1956–1958
24. A New Cast of Characters: Hashimoto Mouse, Hector Heathcote, Deputy Dawg, Luno, and Astronut, 1959–1964
25. L'Enfant Terrible and the Twilight of Terrytoons: Ralph Bakshi, the Adventures of Sad Cat, The Mighty Heroes, Possible Possum, and James Hound, and the Studio Closure, 1965–1968
26. Cartoon End Credits: The Retirement and Death of Paul Terry, 1956–1971
27. The Terrytoons Retrospective: A Meeting of Old Friends, 1982
Part Five: Appendices; Index; Biography
